XHGA-TDT is a television station in

Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...

, broadcasting on virtual channel 2. The station was an affiliate of the short-lived TIM network, which was absorbed into

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in 1972 to form the current

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. For over 30 years, the station was an affiliate of Canal 5, but in 2005, it exchanged formats with XEWO and became a

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transmitter.

History

The concession's origins trace back to 1956, when Victor Manuel Chávez y Chávez announced his intent to bid for VHF channel 8 in Guadalajara. The license was granted in 1960 using equipment and technicians from the

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. On September 14, 1965, Televisora de Jalisco was legally constituted.Datos preliminares para una cronologia de la television en Jalisco (1952-1992)
/ref> On July 11, 1966,

Televisión Independiente de México Televisión Independiente de México (; known on air as TIM or Cadena TIM) was a Television in Mexico, Mexican national television network founded in 1965 by Eugenio Garza Sada. It operated until 1973, when it merged with its primary competitor, Te ...

acquired the assets from its founder and renamed it Televisora Independiente de Jalisco, inheriting its license. XHGA-TV was licensed under Televisión Independiente de Jalisco, a company linked to Televisión Independiente de México, on June 12, 1970, with the aim of exploiting a commercial television station on channel 9, instead of channel 8 as originally planned; IFT subsequently agreed on November 24. The station was set to use a 100kW omnidirectional antenna. The station started broadcasting on March 8, 1971, becoming the fourth television station in Guadalajara.Radiografía de la Televisión en la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara
/ref> initially limiting itself to relays from the capital from 10am to 12pm,LA PROGRAMACIÓN DE CANAL 4 DE GUADALAJARA DE TV ANTE LA REGIONALIZACIÓN DE LA T.V.
/ref> as well as some sporting events that were networked. Regular programming started on July 29, relaying programs from XHTM, the TIM flagship in Mexico City, from 6pm to 11:15pm; the rest of its airtime consisted of local programming, the first of which being the afternoon program ''Club Infantil'' with Margarita Cerdena. Its initial affiliation didn't last long, as the 1973 merger of the two television companies caused Televisa to control three of the four local stations. As consequence, the station started relaying XHGC-TV from Mexico City, as Televisa decided to limit XHTIM's coverage to Mexico City. A fire at its facilities in Condominio Guadalajara affected the station in February 1986, damaging its newly-installed transmitting equipment, which was set up ahead of the

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. During the

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, locals only got to see two hours of events on the station, using the 10pm-12am slots allocated to the XHGC network. At the time, its director-general was engineer Francisco J. Becerra, while the station aired its own programming from 7am to 4pm; from then to sign-off, the station was linked to XHGC's national network. The daytime schedule gained it the name of TV Matutina. On January 9, 1991, the station broke from its status as relayer of Canal 5 and added more local programming, with a newscast and a sports program produced from Televicentro de Guadalajara, as the extant offices did not have the conditions to produce these programs. Shortly after, this situation changed with the station beginning to relay some programs from the local

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, with programs produced at Televicentro, especially aimed at children, and short updates of its news service, ''Al Tanto''. Since 2005, the station has been a Las Estrellas transmitter, licensed to Televimex.Resolución del Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral respecto del procedimiento especial sancionador iniciado con motivo de la denuncia presentada por el Partido de la Revolución Democrática en contra del C. Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, otrora Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de Hidalgo; de la C. Martha Gutiérrez Manrique, otrora Coordinadora General de Comunicación Social del Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo; así como de distintos concesionarios y permisionarios de radio y televisión, por hechos que se considera constituyen infracciones al Código Federal de Instituciones y Procedimientos Electorales, identificado con el número de expediente SCG/PE/PRD/CG/015/2011.
/ref> In 2016, it moved from digital channel 9.1 to 2.1, aligning with most of Las Estrellas' transmitters.

References

{{Guadalajara TV Las Estrellas transmitters Televisa Television stations in Jalisco Television channels and stations established in 1971